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8 thoughts on “Pale colours”

Thanks. I think part of the reason I feel this is because it is winter and we have to buy in some extra food for the sheep and goats. I have to balance the land we have and the number of animals, and if the wool is not great I really need to think about why I have them. But they are nice animals, and I really like to be able to do the whole process, from sheep to sweater, and be able to educate people, (especially kids, they love to see the whole process!)

Yes I think the colours will look nice, (you can’t really have ugly colours!). I have finished one of the mitts and my daughter loves it, so now I have to finish the second. It was my first attempt at fair isle knitting and I am trying to knit with a colour in each hand! My left hand just doesn’t want to do it. Which makes my in-laws laugh because they all knit with the yarn in their left hand.

This was my first try with two colours, it is tricky but I really like it. My mom knits a bit, but is better known for repairing things; plumbing, woodwork, those sort of things. She gets it from my grandfather who could build anything, (including the house he and my grandmother lived in for 35 years). He was also a great knitter, especially in his later years.

My grandmother on my fathers side also knit and sewed her own clothes. I am not very fast at knitting, but I am also pretty good at building things, so I think I got a bit of all my grandparents. Of course it was different times, my grandfather learned to knit in the navy to make socks, and my grandmother made her own clothes during the war so she could look unique and stylish!